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Russia to restrict GM feed imports from Oct 1 Russia (July 10, 2002) - Russia will restrict imports of animal feed containing genetically modified (GM) material from October, First Deputy Agriculture Minister Sergei Dankvert said on Tuesday.
"From October 1 we will import only registered www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8185
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Shrimps and seawater make Eritrean desert bloom Eritrea, July 10 (Reuters) - What makes the desert bloom, lures investment to Africa, and tastes delicious in fried breadcrumbs?
The answer, on Eritrea's Red Sea coast, is the humble shrimp.
U.S. entrepreneurs have set up a sea water farm they www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8186
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UK farmers milked over farm gate prices while supermarkets cash in UK (July 10, 2002) - UK supermarket chains are overcharging consumers for milk and underpaying dairy farmers, according to Phil Hudson, chief dairy adviser to the National Farmers' Union (NFU). Hudson insisted: “There's a gap between farm gate prices and www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8187
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Globus in JV with Pinguin to buy Elsner and Albert Fisher Belgium (July 10, 2002) - Belgian frozen food company Pinguin and the Globus cannery today [Tuesday] announced they will acquire two European companies. The two companies will acquire a 51% controlling stake in Elsner Poland, one of the major Polish www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8188
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Ahold: The biggest grocer you've never heard of US (July 10, 2002) - Ahold has 9,000 stores in 27 countries, and its name isn't on a single one. Can this brandless Dutch retailing giant dominate the American market?
One day in 1998, Cees van der Hoeven lit a cigarette, gazed at the drab Amsterdam www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8189
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Czechs ban EU poultry due to beef protein fears Czech Republic (July 10, 2002) - The Czech Republic on Tuesday banned all imports of poultry and poultry products originating in the European Union because of fears that some have been treated with beef proteins which authorities say could present a risk www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8190
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Minister sees no BSE risk in Italy from chickens Italy (July 10, 2002) - Farm Minister Giovanni Alemanno said on Tuesday that Italians were in no danger of eating chicken meat that could be infected with mad cow disease.
He was responding to a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper that vast www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8191
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Red wine the answer to 'French Paradox' France (July 10, 2002) - French people include in their diets as much animal fat as people in many other countries, they do not smoke less and their level of blood cholesterol is not lower. Despite this, the prevalence of, and mortality from heart www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8192
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Are imported ingredients safe? UK (July 10, 2002) - How easy is it to ensure that foods and ingredients imported from outside the EU are safe, of sufficient quality and legal? How can UK food companies ensure complete traceability of imported food products? These questions will be www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8193
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Beef importer arrested on tariff law violation charge Japan (July 10, 2002) - The 54-year-old chairman of a food import and export company was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of dodging about 5.35 million yen in import tariffs and consumption tax on frozen beef, police and customs officials said.
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OJ growers delight as Procter & Gamble alters label US (July 10, 2002) - Less than three months after its Sunny Delight orange drink was branded "junk food" containing little real juice by a consumer group, Procter & Gamble agreed on Tuesday to change the label of the sugary beverage.
Sunny Delight www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8195
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Kraft deal for Hungarian confectionery stopped US (July 10, 2002) - US food group Kraft Foods said on Wednesday that its proposed acquisition of German confectionery maker Stollwerck’s Hungarian business has been called off. The agreement to purchase Stollwerck’s Russian and Polish confectionery www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8196
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UK supermarkets defend higher organic prices UK (July 10, 2002) - Leading UK supermarkets have defended the high prices they charge for organic food. Sainsbury's insisted its profit margin on organic food was the same as for conventional products, reports The Scotsman. The company, which sells www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8197
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UK producers told to get irradiated shrimp off shelves UK (July 10, 2002) - Five brands of prawn and shrimp were ordered withdrawn from sale following positive tests for irradiation that should have been identified on packaging.
The Food Standards Agency informed the companies in breach of the regulations www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8198
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EU unveils disputed farm subsidy "facelift" Belgium (July 11, 2002) - The European Commission unveiled radical plans to overhaul its costly farms policy on Wednesday, ignoring French hostility and setting the stage for a power struggle just as the EU aims to seal eastward enlargement.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8228
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US releases US$100m to promote agricultural products abroad US (July 10, 2002) - Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced June 26 the release of more than $100 million in Market Access Program and Quality Samples Program funds to promote U.S. agriculture products www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8199
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Veneman declares disaster areas in 3 states US (July 10, 2002) - Not only did a heavy drought fuel Western wildfires during June, it also forced U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman to declare disaster areas in three states, agriculture officials report.
The declaration, which www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8200
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UK food labeling schemes need overhaul - agency UK (July 10, 2002) - Britain's Food Standards Agency called on Tuesday for a shake-up of the labelling system which tells consumers about food safety, the environment and animal welfare.
The FSA said in a report that so-called food assurance schemes www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8201
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Rare Russian fish makes debut on Chinese market China (July 10, 2002) - Russian pelyad, a cold-water fish which is said to be highly nutritious, has been introduced to the Chinese market for the first time.
The fish made its debut in the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8202
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US overfishing, pollution threaten oceans - report US (July 10, 2002) - Overfishing and pollution in oceans off the U.S. coast threatening sea turtles and marine mammals with extinction, destroying coral reefs and making some water unfit for swimming, an environmental group said in a report issued on www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8203
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Vietnam becomes world's largest pepper exporter Vietnam (July 10, 2002) - Vietnam has become the world's largest pepper exporter and the second largest pepper producer after India, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Vietnam, by exporting 56,000 tons of pepper in 2001, left all major pepper www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8204
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Mexican network of fisheries centers launched Mexico (July 10, 2002) - Fishermen’s service centres are to be set up in every sea port as part of the drive to decentralise government and provide direct services to the fisheries sector. The move was announced last week by Javier Usabiaga Arroyo, the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8205
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FOE says latest government GM trials ignore consumer, farming concerns UK (July 10, 2002) - The UK government's announcement yesterday [Monday] of the locations for the latest, and last, round of GM farm-scale evaluations, has been slammed by environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth (FoE). There are 18 GM oil seed www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8207
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Pakistan rice exporters demand lifting of checks from exports Pakistan (July 10, 2002) - The Rice Exporters Association (Reap) has urged the Commerce Minister to immediately withdraw all restrictions on export of all types of rice in the changing world scenario.
In a statement, the Reap Chairman, Abdul Rahim www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8206
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Australian beef producers urged to push for immediate Q-Fever funding rollouts Australia (July 10, 2002) - Keith Adams, president of the Cattle Council of Australia (CCA), has urged beef producers to contact their State Department of Health and push for the immediate rollout of funding so they are able protect themselves from the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8208
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Starbucks reports June revenues up 25% US (July 10, 2002) - Seattle-based coffeehouse giant Starbucks Corporation has reported consolidated net revenues of US$323m for the five-week period ended 30 June 2002, an increase of 25% on the US$259m recorded in the same period in 2001. On a www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8209
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Nicaragua's June coffee exports off 50% from May Nicaragua (July 10, 2002) - Nicaragua's coffee exports in June totaled 100,447 46-kg bags, down from 153,831 bags in May this year, the government said on Tuesday.
It said exports from Oct. 1, when the current season began, through to June 30 were www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8210
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Pollution-free food becoming a trend in China China (July 10, 2002) - If consumption of
pollution-free food becomes a trend in China, and the
government dramatically develops markets and supply channels
for such food, chances are that production of such edibles
will take root faster in the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8211
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Bangladesh, Thailand to establish joint business council Bangladesh (July 10, 2002) - The apex business bodies of Bangladesh and Thailand signed documents here Tuesday for establishing a joint business council to promote closer business activities between the two countries. The signing took place on the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8212
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Feed maker Nosan to transfer 2 subsidiaries to Ryochiku Japan (July 10, 2002) - Nosan Corp., a leading integrated feed manufacturer affiliated with giant trader Mitsubishi Corp., said Tuesday it will sell the operations of its two subsidiaries to another Mitsubishi affiliate for 150 million yen on Sept. 1.
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McDonald's to slash hamburger price to 59 yen from August Japan (July 10, 2002) - McDonald's Co. (Japan) said Tuesday it will slash the price of its regular hamburgers to 59 yen from the current 80 yen on Aug. 5, returning to the cut-price policy it ended in February.
The company said the prices of its www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8214
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Takebe slams farm groups for not reporting false labeling Japan (July 10, 2002) - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe on Tuesday sharply criticized farming organizations, including Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corp., for failing to inform the ministry about false labeling of products by meat processor Nippon www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8215
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FSA says no beef protein found in UK chicken yet UK (July 10, 2002) - The UK Food Standard Agency has issued the following comment following the Guardian news item on chicken allegedly doctored with beef protein. The UK Food Standards Agency's own work found traces of pork DNA in December last year www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8216
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Serbia tells wheat producers to diversify Yugoslavia (July 10, 2002) - Serbia's agriculture minister told wheat producers on Tuesday to forget about challenging the state's harvest buyout offer and diversify instead into new markets.
Dragan Veselinov, speaking at the start of 2002 wheat www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8217
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German mill says soy more profitable than rapeseed Germany (July 10, 2002) - Leading German oils mill group Oelmuehle Hamburg said on Tuesday that soybean crushing has been more attractive than rapeseed processing in the first half of 2002.
The company, controlled by U.S. commodities giant Archer www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8218
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Ontario soybean growers support APF signing, want new WTO agreement US (July 10, 2002) - The Ontario Soybean Growers have thrown their support behind the two-week old signing of the new Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) by federal and provincial officials, the group announced today in a news release. However, they feel www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8219
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Daschle: Republicans delaying Bush trade bill US (July 10, 2002) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Tuesday accused Republicans of delaying trade legislation sought by the White House and urged President George W. Bush to help clear the logjam.
"The president today again urged the www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8220
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300,000 euros a year for not farming Belgium (July 10, 2002) - Farmers could be paid a subsidy of up to £193,500 a year, even if they do not farm at all, under far-reaching reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy to be announced by the European Commission today. The proposal is www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8221
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Avocados highest fruit source of vitamin E - study US (July 10, 2002) - New research from UCLA indicates that California avocados have nearly twice as much Vitamin E as previously reported, making avocados the highest fruit source of the powerful antioxidant. Vitamin E is known to slow the aging process www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8222
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Buyers turn from Vietnam to India for better rice prices Vietnam (July 10, 2002) - Private rice trade in Vietnam has been almost idle in the past week as foreign importers turned to India for better prices while exporters were busy loading for government contracts, traders said on Wednesday.
They said www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8224
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CBOT soy, corn down in Asia on good US crop weather Japan (July 10, 2002) - Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) nearby soybean futures lost ground in Asian screen trade on Wednesday on scattered rain in the U.S. Midwest, but tight supply for old crop trimmed losses in nearby months.
In Alliance/CBOT/Eurex www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8225
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EU debates far-reaching farm subsidy reforms Belgium (July 10, 2002) - The European Commission on Wednesday debated radical proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, fiercely resisted by farming giant France, that would sever the link between farm subsidies and production.
The www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8226
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WHO questions existing fat standards for Asians Singapore (July 10, 2002) - Some Asians who seem healthy - by current global standards - may actually be carrying too much fat and could be in danger of obesity-related diseases, health experts said Wednesday at a conference in Singapore.
Asians www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8227
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NFPA launches regional office in Bangkok Bangkok (July 11, 2002) - The US-based National Food Processors Association (NFPA) has launched its first regional office in Bangkok, Thailand. NFPA-Asia will provide service and assistance to food companies conducting business in the Southeast Asia www.foodmarketexchange.com/wp/news.php?newsid=8229
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